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Julian Novitz, The Conversation
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Ambition, corruption, guerrilla gardening: Eleanor Catton’s ‘Birnam Wood’ is our horror story
Set in 2017, the book follows the intriguing activities of a gardening collective in New Zealand that plants crops where no one will notice.
Julian Novitz, The Conversation
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Ghoulishness, depravity and stupidity: welcome to the world of Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Lapvona’
Set in a medieval Eastern European fiefdom and narrated from a distant third-person perspective, Lapvona has the tone of a ghoulish fairytale.
Julian Novitz, The Conversation
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Here comes pandemic fiction: murder, disease , life after death in Steve Toltz’s ‘Here Goes Nothing’
The novel is narrated by the recently deceased Angus Mooney, a reformed petty criminal and ardent atheist.
Julian Novitz, The Conversation
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